Last Updated: July 4, 2025

1. Introduction: What are Cookies?

This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are and how Corner Beech House (“we,” “us,” or “our”) uses them on our website, https://cornerbeech.co.uk/.

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site. Cookies allow us to remember your preferences, analyse how our website is used, and tailor content to your interests.

2. How We Use Cookies

We use cookies for various purposes, including:

• To enable essential website functionality.

• To understand how you use our website (analytics).

• To remember your preferences and provide a personalised experience.

• To integrate with third-party services like booking platforms, social media, and maps.

3. Types of Cookies Used

We use the following categories of cookies on our website:

• Strictly Necessary Cookies: These cookies are essential for you to browse the website and use its features, such as accessing secure areas or using our online booking system. Without these cookies, services like adding items to a booking or making payments cannot be provided. These cookies do not require your explicit consent as they are necessary for the website to function.

• Analytical/Performance Cookies (Google Analytics 4): These cookies collect information about how visitors use our website, such as which pages are visited most often, the time spent on the website, and if users encounter error messages. This helps us understand and improve how our website performs. We use Google Analytics 4 (GA4) for this purpose. While GA4 does not log or store individual IP addresses, it uses cookies to distinguish users and persist session states. We only activate these cookies with your consent.

• Functionality Cookies: These cookies allow our website to remember choices you make (such as your language or region) and provide enhanced, more personal features. For example, they may be used to remember changes you have made to text size, fonts and other parts of web pages that you can customise.

• Third-Party Cookies: These are cookies set by a domain other than our website. They are typically used for cross-site tracking, advertising, or by embedded content from other sites. On cornerbeech.co.uk, third-party cookies may be set by:

  • Freetobook: Our online booking system. Cookies from Freetobook are essential for processing your reservations and may remember your booking details.

  • Google (Maps, Reviews): Cookies associated with the embedded Google Maps widget on our contact page and the Google Reviews plugin may be set to provide functionality and improve user experience.

  • Facebook & Instagram: While we primarily use social media icons which link to these platforms, if you are logged into these services, or if they have their own tracking embedded within their icons (less common for simple links), they may set cookies.

  • Stripe: As our payment processor for Gift Cards, Stripe may set cookies to process secure transactions.

  • CookieYes: Our cookie consent management platform uses a strictly necessary cookie to remember your cookie preferences.

4. Purpose of Cookies

• Strictly Necessary: To enable core website functionality, security, and the online booking process.

• Analytical/Performance: To monitor website performance, analyse traffic, and understand user behaviour to improve the website’s design and content.

• Functionality: To remember user preferences (e.g., language settings) and enhance the user experience.

• Third-Party: To facilitate online bookings, display interactive maps, show customer reviews, process payments, and connect with social media platforms.

5. How to Manage Your Cookie Preferences

You have the right to choose whether or not to accept cookies. You can manage your cookie preferences through our cookie consent banner, powered by CookieYes.

When you first visit our website, you will see a cookie consent banner that allows you to:

• Accept All: Consent to all cookie categories.

• Reject All: Decline all non-essential cookies.

• Customise Settings: Choose which categories of cookies you wish to accept or decline (e.g., only accept strictly necessary and functionality cookies).

You can change your cookie preferences at any time by clicking the “Revisit Consent” button (or similar) which will typically be available at the bottom or side of the website, or by clearing your browser’s cookies and revisiting the site.

Most web browsers also allow you to control cookies through their settings. You can usually find these settings in the ‘Options’ or ‘Preferences’ menu of your browser. Please note that if you block or delete certain cookies, some parts of our website may not function correctly.

For more information about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, visit www.allaboutcookies.org.

6. Changes to this Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. We will post any changes on this page and update the “Last Updated” date at the top of this policy.

7. Contact Information

If you have any questions about our use of cookies or this Cookie Policy, please contact us at:

Email: info@cornerbeech.co.uk